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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining | 
| Author: Inc. Foxfire Fund
Creator: Eliot Wigginton
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy Used: $5.99
You Save: $10.96 (65%)
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 8937
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0385073534
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.8123
EAN: 9780385073530
ASIN: 0385073534
Publication Date: February 17, 1972
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Book has a minor crease in the upper right hand corner and price is marked out by pen. Minor stains (from age) on cover but book is clean. Minor creasing on spine. ~Items Are USED, But All Are Complete And In Good Condition. All Hardcover Books Include Dust Covers, Unless Otherwise Noted~
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Product Description
In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living."
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Fascinating December 16, 2008
Fascinating true-life, real-time history of the culture of the people who grew up in the Appalachian mountains, living off the land. I bought the first book of the series, but I hope to eventually acquire them all. I love the actual transcripts of interviews with the people, using the unique dialect of the area.
Oringial Foxfire book November 12, 2008
I bought this book when it first came out in paperback and have loved it. I finally had to buy another because my old one was so well read it was starting to fall apart. It is an awesome book!
Great to read this again August 24, 2008
I first read the Foxfire books about 25-30 years ago, picked this one up again and found that I enjoyed it even more as an adult. Reading about the skills that were a daily part of life, things that are lost in today's hectic modern day lifestyle in the city. It may not have seemed simpler to the folks that lived it, but sure seems like a simpler life to me.
Sure Fire Reference June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Eliot Wigginton made his students immortal when he sent them into the southern mountains to interview and record the skills and crafts of the region.
This is the first one of a fantastic series that serves as a standard reference for mountain culture. If you are a writer that has any intention of either historical--frontier descriptions or including characters from the region this entire series should be on your shelf or in the local library. Reading them will give flavor to your work.
As a reader you can check to see if the hog killing scene from COLD MOUNTAIN is authentic. This is just one example, there are thousands of others.
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I love the whole series! May 22, 2008
I am from the Appalachian mountains. I am collecting these books to hand down to my kids. This is definately the perfect way to preserve your roots. I HIGHLY reccomend the whole series. Don't let the old ways die!
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